Tyler Green Modern Art Notes

The past is au courant

The Photographs of Homer Page. Nelson-Atkins curator Keith Davis, mega-respected by his peers, little-known otherwise, brought Page back from the roster of the neglected. For two years now, every time I’ve seen an Arbus, I’ve realized how much Page made her work possible.

Armed with some new data from museums around the United States, I’ll have something to say about museums and admissions fees next week. Meanwhile, consider the attitude of big museums in, say, Philadelphia and Chicago toward art and accessibility.

The fourth-most-read culture story on The Guardian’s culture website is the UK paper’s Hedda Sterne obit. Cannot explain. But I can remind you that earlier this week MAN did a killer Q&A on Sterne with critic/journalist Sarah Boxer.